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MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL-FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1886.
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AKBITIt iTIOX TUB BI.MEBT,
It wai a eilly thing for the Con
noreville miners t) BUiko daring inch
inclement weather, without a dollar
in their pockela or a day'a provialona
on hand it woa a brnUl thing for the
employers to eject the atiikers from
the Lonsea they occupied, fitrikea are
generally commendable, because forced
by tba exactiona of mercenary capi
ta'lata. But when labor niultea an in
opportune strike and is f weed by cold
and hunger to auccurab, capiUl tri
umphs and the labor cause ia aerioualy
damaged. The peace and quiet of the
country, aa well as humanity and the
great buBineaa interests of all clasaoa,
demand thnt the tionblea between
employer aad eini loye be aatisfoctorily
adjusted. Thia can only be done by
arbltrtt'toa. Thia ia a national ques
tion, and a couiniesion should be
created byCongreas to adjust ail matters
of variance between capital and labor.
Commissioner Cuarlea F. Feck of the
Hew York Diireau of Statibtica and
Labor, recommends a Stats board ol
arbitration, and Got. Hill most cor.
dially indorsee the aupett!on. Arbi
tration ia the only remedy, and capital
anJ labor should Join in urging the
passage of a law crui'ing a board of
arbitration, (or ttrikes availably lead
to pecuniary loss to both parties.
Strikes suspend the ordinary profit of
the capitiiiata, but at the same t'rae it
takes from the workingmen their only
meant for anbeiateneo. Of tbo dttiia-
bility of a cure for these periodical
suspensions if work thore tan be no
doubt A law which reconciles these
troublos and which puuishca either
the employer or the employe for its
violation will be the mojt valuable
addition to the tranquility and the
prosperity of the industrial classes
that has been made in the last ba'f
centnry. The coke mine ttrikera who
were yeaterday and Wednesday evict
ed from the houaea they occupied by
cruel, mercenary and malignant em
ployers are reaping the fruit i of their
untimely and ill-advised ttrlke. The
trike ol the clgar-maera in New
York ha thrown fully 10,000 men,
women and chlldron out of employ
ment. It ia atsted that the average
weekly wage of the cigar-makera in
New York, including all grades, ia $0
a week, ao that the total loss in wagea
-canted by the auspenaion of work ia
131,000 a week. To compensate in part
for thia frightful loss, the Inter
nation Unlen is paying about $5000 a
week to it members, and tha Pro
greeaire Union about the lauie
amount, making in all f 10,000 a week.
Taking into consideration the savings
that will be apent and the debts that
will be contracted, the weekly lota
to the cigar-makera ia not less
than $100,000. Bat this la not
all. Tba manufacturers suffer even
heavier loaa than the opera
ton, bnt they are better able to
stand it. One manufacturer estimates
his lose at $40,000 n week, but of
course this Includes the profit he
wonld have male if hia worka bil l
continued in operation. To prevent
these losses and ao much suffering of
the pcor without f rod and out of em
ployment there should beatotrd of
arbitration in every 8'a'e, whose de
cision aboald be final and enlorced by
all the powr of the government.
There is a rcailtod coutraut In the
North and South iu tho relatione of
labor and capital. For yeara past
there bin been nu uuceaiing war be
tween labor and capital. But in the
South there is to irrepressible con
flict. The white aud colored laborers
arc working in haraoay, and thore ia
Jio fight between capital and labor,
which aht.ws tbat the relations be
tween employer and employe is nio4
satirf act ry.
IIIEVXIOS PACIFIC BOAD DEBT.
The Aitxm, published yesterday
the substance of the report made by
the United States Government Direct
ore of the Unijn Pacific road. It waa
of some length, but ill matter ia so
important to the intereBta of the
United Slates that it should receive
serious attention, and Congress should
be a a ie to understand that the people
expect ita membera nit to misspend
its time, but to attend to the business
it wai elected t) do, and to thia i ab
road matter aaa part ol it. The Union
Pacific owei the government more
than$3,'00,0C0ij( money, au J so badly
1 ai Coogreea managed te matter that
the repoit we are considering aaya
that it is admitted on all hauda that
Congreeeioccl lfgiala'ion has, ao far,
iiikJ cf ita object. Failed, indeed,
ao grossly that matters are much
worse than if it had ltt the matter alto
gether j-I Jiie. Its action baa resulted,
Jhe report nyr, "in locking up in com
parative idleness ilarge sumaof money
to the mutual loss and injury
o! debtor and creditor." Having
shown auch a sample as tbat
cf ita qualifications for buainese,
it is time Corgress set about mending
in own blundering. Aa things aland
the debt if t'ae road is growing larger
from y ar to year, and tba lime of ita
jr.a'nrity is not fir distant. Tho gov
tiinoent ia tha road's principal cred
;ior, isnd to let matters go on as they
The report aaja: "The government ifl
the principal creditor d the company,
and has the power to precipiUts it
into bankruptcy should it choose to
exerciso. it. Te let mattera alone ia
practically to exercise that power, for
every ytar that a settlement is post
poned the position of the company is
weakened. The courte of the gov
ernment Bhould be that which any
practlc al business man would pursue
with a private del ir in a similar sit
slion." This ia sensible advice, but it
ia not creditable to Congress that each
advice should be I jund te be neces
sary. Of ceurse the leKiulatioa com
plained of la not due to the present
Congreos, bnt it ia its daty to amend
the errors of its predocessors. The
report presents a course of proceeding
which, it states, will be a very siiup'e
means to clear off existing difficulties
and bring in an aanual fixttt payment
independent of the receipts of iho
company. When Congress has the
matter before it, it ahould be careful
not to add t the blunders already
committed new blunders of its own.
The course recommended in the re
port involves eerious responsibilities
on the part ef the government, and
monopolies auch ai the Union Pacific
ia, usually manage to give the govern
ment the responsibilitie:', taking the
profits themselves. Bnt surely ail
Congress ought to be able to deal
succesHfully with a handful of railroad
directors, and it is to be fcopud it will
do so in this affair, especially aa In the
case of thia reJ the directors have
already shown that tbey are not with
out adroitness.
TUB DAMUEBTO KNGI.AND.
Gladstone ia onco more at the head
of affairs in England with a cabinet,
some of whom are men of very ad
vanced liberal opinions, so advanced
as to make curtain that the proieca
toward democracy, that hai of lute
been so rapid in Euglaud, will bo con
tinued. And it cannot but continue.
A people who are once aroused to a
comprehension of their individual
rights as men, whon once on the way
to redress wrongs will not (tip until
substantial justice Is obtained and un
til the power that comes from tho peo
ple is controlled by the people and not
by a particular class, whether "nobis"
or otherwise. Such a change, jtut and
right ni it may be, cannot be made in
an old established country like that of
EiiRlaud without incurring ominous
peril. The constitutions of England
are mostly ancient, many of the most
impoitant cf them inherited from feu
dal times and based upon feudal prin
ciples, thkt is upon the power of the
few lo rule over the miioy. The con
stitutional laws of Eoglaud are framed
upon ' an aristocratic biuis and
are in many respect) unsuited
to democratic government. In
those institution! the main reliance
is placed upon the interests of the
privileged class, and their interest was
lo support the monarchy and the lawa
and customs with which their ewn
rank and power were identified. Thus
relying npon a class of persons strongly
bound to maintain existing institu
tions, care was not taken to make con
stitutional provisions defining the
powers of the legislative, judicial and
executive functions. The consequence
is to-day, ai the veneration for rank
and traditionary standing dies out
end it is fast decaying The popular
branch of the government, the legis
lative, ia liable to intrude upon the
other branches, and thns the harmon
ious working of the whole be dis
turbed. In England the Parl'ament
has become the supreme power. Aa
we have just seen, it makes and un
makes ministers. In practice the
monarchy is a nullity, the monarch
rulgns but does not govern. No min
istry can bo iustalled in power, or re
tained in it, at tho dictation ( the
monarch. A vote of the Legislature
siUleathe fate of an adminis'.i a'.ion,
not tho fiat ot the throne. In the)
Legislature the House ot Lords is the
great conservative power, the bulwark
between the sometimes tco Im
pulsive action of the popular brunch
and the constitutional principles
npon which the government is based.
But in England the lords, in their long
possession of the balance of power,
bave so used thht power for the ag
grandisement and general advantage
ot "the nobility and gentry," consti
tuting the "upper class," that they
bave lost the respect of the great body
of the people, while the progrosa of
knowledge has loosened the old rever
ence felt for a man not because he was
a good or able man, but because he
was a lord. The consequence is tbat
at the present time what the House ot
Commons insist npon the lords must
agree to, and the lords are thus, more
and more every year, mere registers of
wba1, is done by the Commons. But,
although they cannot prevent legisla
tion that is distasteful to them, the
lords can and do obstruct it, and thus
make themselves ha'eful to the people.
The consequence is that, in great and
strongly popular measures, there is
practically but one British house of
legislature. The result will shortly be
a thorough reconstruction of the up
per house of legislature, perhaps Its
abolition, and a government without
the "checks and balances" a second
legislative body with its conservative
instinct pro rides. Looking at the im
uiense aad vastly complicated inter
Hi of the English empire, and the
highly artificial system by which that
empire ia held t wether, it ia evident
that the melting away of the aristo
cratic sytism and the absence of any
proper constitutional provisioss adapt
ed to the democratic system that is
rapidly superseding it, is opening to
view a possible chaos which the Unit
ed States t -capes through the wise
and jattt principle crystallised- and
mart Arable bv the wife and beneE
THE STRIKERS' VICTORY.
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KEW YORK STREET-CAB
STRIKE SETTLED
Ify the Companies Acceding to the
Demand of the Men Travel
Resumed.
Naw York, Febrnary 4. "Tell the
public," said John U. Caville, general
auditor of the Knights ef Labor in
this city, last night, "tbat the Execu
tive Board cf the Empire Protective
Association and myself have spent
two weeks in trying to Bottle the car
drivers' difficulty with the president
of the New York street railroad?, but
they have made fools of us. Wshave
offered every inducement to- them,
and even accepted their compromise,
but all to no purpose. On February
1st they poRted new time-table,'whicu
are even worse than the old ones, be
cause they made a pretense of making
a change for the better. If the public
is inconvenienced it mmt lay the
blame at the doora of the presidents.
There seems bnt one way of rf aching
these men, and that is t j tie np their
roads." The speaker was deeply in
earnest and emphatic. He wan indig
nant, too, at what he considered nn
gentlemanly treatment. Becoming
cooler, he told the following:
mr. cavillb's story.
"Early last month petitions request
ing redui t'on of the hours of labor to
twt-lve hours a day for ell hands
drivore, conductors, hostlers and hitch
ers were sent to various New York
City railrca is Second, Third, Fourth,
Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth
Avenues. Broadway aad Sixty-second
Street, Bine and White lines. These
petitions wero presented by men in
the employ of the several companies.
The petitions to the West Side lines
failed to accomplish the purpose, al
though the officers of each of the
roads promised to make concessions.
We gave them nntil yesterday to carry
out their agreements, but the f ourth,
Sixth and Seventh avenues and Broad
way have not done so. During our in
terviews with the president) of the
roads we wore r.ked whether 'we
thought that the railroads of tli is city
could afford to pay f 2 a day for nine
hours' work. I told them that, judg
ing by what I rend in their reports to
the Kuilrond Com missioned, they
could aiiord to pay $3 a day for nine
hours work,especia ly when the Sixth
Avonne icad could doc'area dividend
of -lit) por cart , tt?d some of it on
watered stock at that. And it la true,
as I stated.
"We have not received any answer
fo onr letters from either of tiie presi
dents, aad at 4 :44 o'clock to-mo row
morning we ehall proceed to 'tio up'
the Sixth avenue roid. That ia the
fint car out, and is driven by a man
who for nine years has beu behind
the same dashboard. The first Broad
way car leaves at 4:60 o'clock, aad
the first Seventh avenue ur at 5
o'clock. But there will be cars nut
to-morrow. Depend upon tba1.. The
men are excited, and it may be Infect
ions. I cannot say what other roads
will be affettad. Probably the Fourth
avenue men will follow suit."
TUB rBOQRAMMB CARRIED OUT.
The above programme given by Mr.
Caville bai been carried out, and this
morning there are no cars running on
the Fourth, Sixth or Seventh avenue
lines and but one or Jwo on the
Broadway line. The strikers number
about 1750.
NOT A OAR RUNN1NQ.
Not a car baa been run over the
Fourth avenue surface road since aa
early hour this morning. The strike
is due to the refusal cf the company
io operate the road according to the
recently alopted time schedule en
forced upon the company by the Ex
ecutive Board of tbe Empire Pro
tsitive Associkt'on of New York. All
of the employes cf the read, includ
ing the conductors, drivers, ntaoiemcn
and hitchers, are effected by the
strike. The company's ttibles at
Thirtv-third street and Fourth avenue
were deserted this morning. The cars
Btood empty on the tracks, end not
more than half a dozen men could be
soeu abont the place.
QUIT WORK.
8 x hundred drivers and conductors
and 200 stable men and hitchers em
ployed by the Broadway and Seventh
Avenue lia'lrond Company quit work
at midnignt this morning because the
new schedule put into eUect by tne
company on February 1st did not
bring their working time within the
twelve hours agreed npon ai a day s
work several weeks ago. The stable
men have asked for no concessions
froniThe companv, and their only rea
son for doing on a strike is thkt the
agreemont with the drivers and con
ductors has not been carried out.
eUrSRINTKNDRNT NEWKIX
was yettsrday afternoon visited by a
committee from tho conductors and
drivers who demanded that the sched
ule be so arranged tbat the men will
work less than twelve hours, and that
the present pay be continued. The
drivers asked that the pay oi J- ii
per day be continued for the reduced
number of trips. The Board of Di
rectors held a short session to-day, at
which Superintendent Newell laid be
fore them the demands of the men.
He explained that owing to the storm;
weather and blockades the working
time bad exceeded twelve hours a
day. If the trips could have been
made on schedule time there would
have been no ground for complaint.
The directors voted to concede to the
demands made by the men yesterday,
and Superintendent Newell was in
structed to notify the strikers that
within a week the schedule, would be
arranged in accordance with their
wiahes. it ts rnmorea mat tne men
will go to work this afternoon.
THl DIFFICULTY
on the Fourth Avenue road was ad
justed late in the afternoon. The
company agreed to a fixed schedule of
trips which will constitute a day's
work, and the pay for which shall be
$2 per day. Stablemen, hostlers and
switchers are to work twelve and a
quarter hoars, with two hours for
meals. Old employes will receive $12
per week, and new $1160 per week
the first six months. The cars bejj au
running scon after 4 o'clock. During
the afternoon the Broadway and Sev
enth Avenue acceded to the demands
of its men for $1 25 per day of twelve
hours for drivers and conductors, end
$12 25 per week instead of $11 60 for
hofct'ers and stablemen. The cars be
gan running about 2:30 o'clock p.m.
These terms begin Febrnary 15th.
Dlt-FKRKNCEa APJUtTICl.,
The various companies bave ac
ceded to the demands of the strikers
and cars will be statsd on the Sev
enth Avenue and Sixth Avenue lines
as soon as the tracks can be cleared of
the snow.
Tbe UfttvMtoa Bsyeett.
Oalvistom. Tax., February 4. A
roramittBe of Kuiirhta of Labor called
on all the leading merchants of the
but mt t with nn succchs. Only one
firm is openly observing the boycott.
The replies of the merchants were
taken down in writing, and will be
submitted to the District Expcutive
Board. It is a'-aied that the Knights
are considerably disappointed at their
ftilure t) gain friends among the busi
ness bouses, and tKn aten io boycott
throughout too Stato every firm in the
city that nfufieto comply with their
request.
TIIE CJIAUITY HALL
ADD THE PBOBLKM OF BF.SEVO
I.EM ) A SJ UK. MTKt.L. SEES IT.
Koine Thoughtful and KnirKecllve
Rrmarlts 1 bat Ouuhl in Have
Kmpcelfal AUentloa.
To tbe Editor! of th Appeal :
The "charity ball" is ovr, I sup
pose, and, if we may trust the reports,
was everything that its mobt sanguine
friends desir-d. 'Jhe unauthorized
publication cf the ministers as con
nected with it obliged me to assume
an attitude toward it which has pro
voked a good deal of criticism. I
have been discussed and abused, and
set down as opposed to charity and all
tbat. Now that the particular charity
it contemplsted is in no danger, I
wish to cull the attention o the pub
lic to some features of ti.e ' bl', as
an n'totnpt to solve cur evor-pn-ieLt
problem of benevolence.
The relief of the destitute part of
onr population is a serious problem
And a formidable taek, and while dif
fering with the gnntlemun who con
ceived and cairied out the plan cf tbe
chniitybsll as to the wisdom cf tbe
method, I willingly honor their mo
tive. I do net doubt iti benevolent
intention, nor do I doubt thf t the coul
furnished by the proceeds ot it wiil
make the shiveriug poor just as com
fortable as tbat supplied by our church
Relief Committ -e. But as a practical
plan for helping the poor, the charity
ball, which we are informed has i-i.me
to stay, is cp;u to some grave objec
tions. In the fhtt place, it is a plan which
many excellent people cannot con
scientiously support. I need not here
adduce the reasons why the church
condemns such pounli.r armicomenis
as balls; I simply stato it ns a fnct. I
have been lonudly abused f ir not al
lowing my naino, even by Implication
or iulerenc, to bo connected with it.
I expected us much when I did so. It
is the penalty every man taunt pay in
free America fr having convictions
and dining to be loyul to them. Tho
"Me, Too" is the ideal man cf the pe
riod. The man who obays his con
science, regardless of public opinion,
in certain to be abused. And whet is
itollfjr? For whnt las the press
lectured us ou "charity," indulged its
BHnuttin, and discharged the usual
phrases about tho Puritans? For
what has the anonymous scribbler
the guerrilla of the quill aired his in
dignation and fired his pnner bullets?
Simply because a Methodist minis! er
refused to serve on a ball committee !
Shades of Wesley and all the saints! to
what havo we fallen when such is ex
pected of ub? Every reasonable man
and woman in Memphis krows I did
exactly right. Ministers of the goopol
out'bt to have nothing to do with
balls. The church has over and over
aain condemned them. We find it
hard enough to stem the tide c f world
liness even when we hold ourselves
firm as adamant against it To
patronise balls is to throw down the
bulwarks of moral power in the
church and to open the very gates to
the enemy. As a society atiu!r the
ball might be a l right, but it Assumes
a very different aspect whon ministers
if tbe goepel, who are public teachers
of rel;gion, are set down as its patrons.
I know people differ on this subject,
but that very difference is the fact
that limits the succeps of the ball as a
means cf charity. We must deal with
Lets, not with theories, and it is a fact
that thousands of people in Memphis
have taken vows npon themselves
that they must violate to patronize a
ball.
Another objection to this plan is
the publicity given to the object of it.
It is not benevolence to help every
body. The truest kiud of benevo
lence Is to help people to help them
selves. Ministers have a good deal of
experience with this charity question.
Our connection with it is constant. I
suppose the committee did their best
to distriauto this benoht judiciously,
but they laid ihemsetves liable to a
creat deal of imposition when they
advertised for applicants. Jesus gave
his disciples a wise precaution, of
great practical utility, when He said
"Let not thy left hand know wfcat thy
right band doa'h." There bas been
such a fiare of trumpets about this
"charity" thtt it will hardly do to
quote the whole passage. I doubt
the wisdom of advertising 1000 bar
rels of 'coal for gratuitous distribu
tion. Another oMection to this plan is
that tbe outlay is to) great for tbe
benefit. It ia like tbe church "sup
per" when you pay out one dollar and
t ike in fifty cecU If the main object
of the ball ia selfish pleasure, and
benevolence is only sn incident of it,
of course tnts objection does not hold.
But if it is a plan otlered us by sensi
ble men to afford relief to the needy,
it is too expensive. The out'ay, direct
and indirect, ia too great for tbe in
come.
Another obiection to this plan is
that it is spasmodic and unreliable,
while the need is constant and impera
tive. I might multiply objections to
it as a practical scheme ot Benevo
lence, but I bave said eooueh to BUC'
cost this conclnsioivery forcibly, that
we cannot reiy on tne cnnrny oau to
solve this problem.
The problem of benevolence is a se
rious o ne. W e c a ve not y et solved it.
1 have read what the press has said
on charity. It is pretty good, except
that editors generally nveriooc tee
fact that "charity thinketh no evil,"
and lit fly bitter epithets at those who
happen to dii.'er wltn them. How
ever. the'Drees does not solve the prob
lem. The churches have not solved
it, notwithstanding they do a great
deal cf thia work. Our existing be
nevolent associations hare not solved
it, f or in spite of all we have done and
are doins. the poor are needing help.
We need a general relief association
that will be permanent, will unite all
our benevolent people, will institute
at proper seasons a house-to-house
Tiaitation, and that will have power to
protect ltselt against imposition ny
thA nmmnrv nnninhment tf the im
postor. There is money enough in
Memphis, and there is benevolence
enough, to relieve ell real destitution.
Such an association, acting in harmony
with existing cuarhahle agencies, and
under the direction of the municipal
authorities, might practically solve
this stubborn problem. It is a sut ject
of sufficient inipoitiuce to justify our
moat earnest thought. b. a. stul.
IIwc given Tonnline a fair trial in
many os-.m of neuralgia and ibeuma
ticra, and find It the only reliable rem-
OKLAHOMA LAiD SWIADLE.
ADA5GI.R019 SCHEME WORKED
BY 1EXAS PARTIES.
A Homestead Promised In tho Xew
Territory fur the Sum of Tno
Dollars.
WAsniKGTON, February 4. Repre
sentative McKa of Atkiufai referred
fo the C'rotnisf! oner i t tho Guceral
Land Office a copy of a circular pur
porting to be issued by the "Tex&s
Oklahoma Homestead Colony, Deci
son, Tex ," iuviting mernbercbip la
the "colony" at ajee of $2 each, ar:d
promising to eecure homesteads iu
Ok'ahoma for members as scon a a
land cilj''H sboild be estab'inbed
there. Mr. Mcltae requested the
Commissioner's opinion as to when
the landii would be opened to settle
ment, and as to the benefits to accrue
to members of the u'leged colony.
COMMISSIONER SPAKKS's BEt'LT.
In rep'y, C mrainsioner Sparks gives
a history of the Oklahoma landp, and
states that tbe qnestion cf opening
theso lards to entilement involves a
quw tion of grave import, that of a
Uimmberment of the Indian Terri
tory, aud can be determined only by
Congressional action. Iii further
says: "But I have a very positive
opinion tha. no benefit can be derived
from a membership in tio alleged
'colony.' If the lands were opened
for settlement the agents of 'the colo
ny could not mace settlement, loca
tion and entries for the members, be
cause settlements nnd sent'ement en
tries can be only made by settlers in
pertoa. But ai the lands are not open
io settlement, the formation of an
actual organization for the pnrpose of
going into the Oklahoma country
would be encouraging an unlawful
combination. Asa prospective scheme
the only tangible result that can be
perceived is the obtainment by its al
leged promoters of $2 from each per
sou who may be deceived and imposed
upon by eaul circular. The whole
scheme is undoubtedly an imposition,
and a daccerons one, becuune the
small Jara required for 'membership'
may induce a urge number ol unsus
picious persons to become its dupes."
A feEIUOUS AFFItiY
In the I'i nltonllHry nt Iil(bnrff
Three Men Neriouftljr Injured.
Pitt-durg, Pa , February 4. a seri-
cub art ray occurred in the Riverside
ponitenliary this morning, in which
boputios McKii'n, Greaves aud Ed
wards were iniaaed. tbe former dan
gerously. It appears that a prisoner
iiimoil .Timu ViilrA a-hn ia Bnrvlnn
a sentence of seven years fo.- burglary,
had been ordered to the dungeon rjr
infraction c f the rules. MrKain and
Greaves repaired to bis ceil to escort
him to the dungeon, lie proanssd to
co quietly, but in an unguarded mo
ment he turned u,ou tnem with a
lnrge Lnifa which he had secret id in
hia coit. He fiist made a desperate
lucge at McK'ain and plunged the
knife into his neck, then Bt tbbed him
in the right temple; turmnglrom Ale
Ksin he thrust the blcoiy weapon into
(Treaves's rinht shoulder-blade twice.
Deputy Edwards, hearing the noise,
csmo to tbe aid of McKain and
Greaves, but before he could render
them assistance Clarke felled h in to
the ground with a terrible blow, and
jumping on him heat and kicked him
in a mgbttul manner, ay this lime
the ' guard had been alarmed, and
Clarke was Overpowered and placed
In the dungeon. The mjurod men
were removed to the hospital. An ex
aminatoa if their injuries showed
McKain to have perhaps mortal
wounds. Greaves and Lu wards are
seriously hurt, but will recover.
FLOODS IN CANADA.
Ihe Molra River Out of Its Banks
Ureal Botfrrlng;.
BELLRViu.it. Ost., February 4.
Owing to the cold weather of the past
three days the mouth of the Moira
river has been almost completely
blocked with ice, aud in consequence
the water is row eight feet above the
ordinary level. Every cellar in the
principal business portion, of the
town has beon . submerged, and the
back yards and, premises in tne
rar of the stores on Front street
are also inundated. In another dis
trict half a milatquare ovory building,
excepting half a dozen, bos its lower
iloor covered with fiom six inches to
four feet of water, and most of the
Louses have been vacated. Many
manufactories and other business es
tablishments have suspended opera
tions. Numerous families are hud
dled together in the upper
stories oi the houses and are suffering
intensely from the cold. The water
is steadily rising, and it is feared that
the whole of Front street will become
submerged and the business c f the
city brought to a standstill. Nothing
can prevent thiB catastrophe but a
considerable rise in the temperature.
Over 100 families bave already been
rendered homeless, and 69 of these
aro dependent on public charity.
TURF SOTES.
Complaint Abont Tbree-Tear-OId
Niakcn-Tbe Rprlng Meeting.
Jim Williams says he will race this
year at Memphis, Washington, Balti
more, Jerome rarx ana oueepsuesu
Uay. lie win oi coarse open nis sea
son at New Orleans.
There is some complaint among the
horsemen cf the three-vear-old stakes
at Memphis. The race is made a mile
and a half, while the longest race for
aged horses is a mile ana s quarter.
Thev think a mile and a half for three-
year-olda with the weighta no is too
tripftt a strain so earlv in tbe season.
The New Louisiana Jockey Club
has definitely decided npoa a pro
gramme. It will begin the spring
meeting Saturday, April 2ith, and
oive six daya' racing. The meeting
will conclude Fridav. April 30th. giv
ing the horses plenty of time to roach
Memphis and get reaiy for the races
there. The stakes will be announced
in a few days, and there are enough
here to make the snort the best in
years. The gathering of two and three
year oius mis year is ropotmnj urn-
liant.
Sliver Dlneoveied In Ohio.
UISCIHHATI, VJ., ri'ULUHJ I. "
patch from Chilltcothe, O., states that
great excitement prevails iu iuo tiliu-
' T aii.mlt. U ,.n n t nrar
farm. Specimens of the ore were sect
to a mining expert at Emporia, Kas.,
who declared it rich silver quartz.
The mining expert is now on his way
there to arrange for siukipg a shaft
Laud in the neighbor hod has doubled
in value on the strength of this re
port. Tb Ctaclaaatl rottcs Sow.
Cikcin-hatl. O.. February 1 Mayor
department of this city pending tbe
(f lection of police commissioners to
fill tv.e vacancies cansed by tbe re
moval bv Gov. Fo-aker yesterday of
Maaf.rs. Hawkins. Ifc-ij and btevens.
This evening Superintendent of Folice
Hudson asserted emphatically tbit
the force would rfcogn'zs only the
commissioners. To-mo-row morning
tbe mayor will make a formal demand
forthe roriroi cf tbe depnr'ment. The
matter will undoubtedly be thrown
into court und tr.e-e be decided. tV tb
fides are in favor of a peaceful solution
of the Uiffii ulty.
TIIE CANE GROWERS.
MmIIus; of the Katlonnl Association
at lit. Louis.
feT. Louis, Mo, Febrnary 4 The
sventri annual convention of the Na
tional Cine Growers' Astojintinn met
here to day. Uol. N. J. Ciliraan,
Commissfoner cf Agriculture, presi
dent of tlie ORSocimioo, presided, aud
E. W. JJeming f Indiana acted as
secretary. Col. Coleman, in his an
nual address, poictd out the diffi
culty in suar rohnufa :turo to be the
grea1; waste of ma'.erial by imperfect
extrac.t:oo from the cane, imperfect
purification and by scum, lie sug
gested greater economy in the pro
cess, and gave an it. t vesting history
of the growth cf sugar-making and
thtj improvements in machinery np
to Uae presrmt time, expressing the
Lope that Congress would make ap
propriations f r curtain nocessary ex
periments. W. P. Clements of riter
ling, Kas., reported a a increased yield
in his eection cf the country over
previous years. Charles Rauch of
Virdsn, Id., made 17,000 barrels of
f-yrup laft siajon, as compared with
8000 barrels the preceding year. Profs.
Stevenson and Parkinson of Kansas
and other members spoko about dif
ferent pioceesf8. Dr. II. W. Wiley cf
the Agricultural Department advised
the double milling aod extract nj cf
all the jnice the cane .would yield.
Tbe convention will continue two
days.
SPORTING NEWS,
if-
SehaefVr and Tiicnnnx to Meet Again,
New Yobk, February 4. James H.
Semple, one of the managers of the
lios-ruoro HotfJ, read fccbaefer's
sleeping challenge yesterday and nt
once announced that be would back
the Frenchman. He sent a card say.
ing ho would het 12500 that Vignanx
would beat fckbaefer in a 3000 point,
f jurri-cn-iiich balk line cam?, and
woull put up a forfeit to make the bet
and the watch good. He says he
will meet Sdiaefor and Dick Iloche,
his backer, at any time aada'rangi
dates, j lace of game and choice of
ref-sree.
LITE 11 Alt Y NOTES.0
A lvbqb part cf the final volume
cf M. Taine's French Jievolution treats
tf Napoleon and his career, and cf
tho influence npon France of the
legal, military and administrative sye
tems which he intioduced.
Thb authorshin of the Buntling Ball
and Ihe Atw King Arthur has been
attributed to over 200 different per
sons. Funk & Wagnalls announced
that in March they will "distribute
the promised $1000 to those who have
been able to detect the author on tne
conditions published."
Tnit Mhsiscipfi Vallxy Monthly
for February bas a very voluable table
ot contents, Kaon up of papers by
local physicians cf repute. It is one
of tie nsoit creditable numbero ever
issued. In the editorial department
we find this reasoning rarBgraph:
Tbe.Moathly ttarts into the new year
unaer iar more miieringBurrounuiDxs
than at any time in iU previous his
tory. Oi every baud we find sources
cf gra'.uUtion. The new nubscribera
added to our lint and the prompt re
newal of the old ones during the
mocth of January greatly exceed the
almoat phenomenal growth of the
same period of the year before. Our
business lrienus nave enown tneir ap
preciation of tbe Monthly as an ad
vertising medium by filling. to its
fulleet capacity our advertising de
partment. Ana last, but by no means
least, we have made what we thought
not possible, even more satisiactory
terms than ever with our good print
ing-Louse Messrs. 8. C. Toof A Co."
Mr. G. W. Sm alley, the London
correspondent cf the New York Trib
une, writes: "The new volume of
essays by George Eliot appears with
the triple sanction ci Mr. uuarios Lee
Lewes (son of Mr. George Lewes),
who edits it, Mr. Cross, who approves
of it, and George Eliot herself, who
collected and revised these papers for
publication. The value which this
writer set on her own work is known,
and there is nothing surprising in her
desire, aa her editor phrases it, to
rescue somecf her early essays from
oblivion. The conjuncture cf the two
names Lewes and Ctou implies n
slight indifference to conventional
standards in social relations. George
Eliot, however, during the latter part
of her life secured a degree cf tolera
tion which might welfeuough mislead
these two gentlemen into a trifling
disregard ol decorum. It is too late
to concern ourselves much about that
The liteiary mistake is in republish
ing these escays at all. They will win
no doubt the nsur.l applause from
those who have made up their minds
to admire whatever it pleased dcoree
Eliot, to write ; who admired, for ex
ampls, 'The Spanish Gypsy,' or
'Jubal,' and who are prepared to
mainttin that-the author cf these
verses was a poet."
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